Seven Flares of Varying Power Recorded on the Sun

Class M Flare Lasted 32 Minutes

Scientists have registered a series of seven solar flares of varying power classes. This was reported by the press service of the Institute of Applied Geophysics (FSBI "IPG").

On January 31 at 09:10 Moscow time, an M1.0 flare lasting 32 minutes was recorded in the X-ray range in group of spots 3976 (N11E41).
Press service of FSBI "IPG"

According to the Laboratory of Solar Astronomy of the IKI RAS and ISZF SB RAS, six more class C flares occurred on January 31. The first class C4.1 flare was recorded at 00:25 Moscow time.

Solar flares are classified according to the power of X-ray radiation into five classes: A, B, C, M, and X. The minimum class A0.0 corresponds to a radiation power at Earth's orbit of 10 nanowatts per square meter, and with the transition to the next class, the power increases by a factor of 10.

Earlier,www1.ru reported that scientistsrecorded a powerful flare on the Sun.

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Sources
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